William Powell Quotes
Every person, whether in wartime or not, should keep a pistol and rifle in his house at all times. If a person is not going to protect himself, and wishes the government to do it for him, how can he complain when the government decides to protect itself against him, and executes him?
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First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.
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I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.
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We're in the same ghettos, same inner cities, and we're suffering from the same problems. Every problem the blacks have, the Latinos have.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I met Mos Def around that time but I didn't hook up with him until I was about 17 or 18.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess.
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There is no birth of consciousness without pain.
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I sold a bunch of stuff. I sold Omaha Steaks, vacation packages... the worst, though, was Time Life Books, because no one wants Time Life Books. No one wants an 'Encyclopedia Brittanica' showing up at their house.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.
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Individuals want to know that none of their own money is being invested in companies that put their profits ahead of international security.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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I always feel more comfortable in chaotic surroundings. I don't know why that is. I think order is dull. There is something about this kind of desire for order, particularly in Anglo Saxon cultures, that drive out this ability for the streets to become a really exotic, amorphous, chaotic, organic place where ideas can, basically, develop.
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I've been fortunate, I guess: I've gotten to play a lot of very diverse roles for quite a long time. But in the beginning, I was thinking, 'I'm not gonna do certain characters. I will be willing to say no and live on a couch.' And I was really happy.
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Beauty? What's that?
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Put on your bikini, put on whatever you want to wear, and don't worry about what other people are saying.
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The most realistic blood I've seen is when Marlon Brando gets beat up in On The Waterfront.
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I got into politics because I was tired of complaining.
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I went to see President Nixon at the White House. It wasn't difficult to get a meeting because I was heavyweight champion of the world. So I came to Washington and walked around the garden with Nixon, his wife and daughter. I said: I want you to give Ali his licence back. I want to beat him up for you.
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Every person, whether in wartime or not, should keep a pistol and rifle in his house at all times. If a person is not going to protect himself, and wishes the government to do it for him, how can he complain when the government decides to protect itself against him, and executes him?
